{"id":307719,"date":"2026-02-20T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/307719\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:50:08","slug":"met-eireann-issues-last-minute-thunderstorm-warning-for-four-counties-as-ireland-braces-itself-for-another-rainy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/307719\/","title":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann issues last-minute thunderstorm warning for four counties, as Ireland braces itself for another rainy weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Met \u00c9ireann have issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Sligo which has come into effect immediately and will remain in place until 11am on Friday morning. <\/p>\n

Thundery downpours, spot flooding, lightning damage and difficult travelling conditions can all be expected, according to the forecasters. <\/p>\n

And, despite the rain forecast for the weekend, temperatures will stay mild and warmer than average. <\/p>\n

Met \u00c9ireann meteorologist Ailis Hankinson said there will not be much respite from rain in the coming days.<\/p>\n

“Our weather is set to stay unsettled for the next little while with more rain, showers and blustery conditions to come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

“Though it will turn milder as we head into the weekend with warmer than average temperatures for this time of year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we head into next week then staying mild and quite breezy with further outbreaks of rain on both Monday and Tuesday,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Forecast<\/p>\n

Rain will clear eastwards early on Friday morning, followed by a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers.<\/p>\n

These showers will be blustery and might turn heavier and more persistent for a time in the late morning and early afternoon.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it will become cloudier from the southwest in the afternoon with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in Munster and Connacht later.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will range between 9 and 12C, accompanied by fresh and sometimes strong winds.<\/p>\n

A mild Friday night will bring outbreaks of rain and drizzle in Munster and Connacht moving northeastwards early on.<\/p>\n

But it will become drier behind the rain, and will stay cloudy with patches of mist and drizzle and temperatures dropping to 6 and 10C.<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

There has been little respite from the rain in recent weeks. Photo: Collins<\/p>\n

Today’s News in 90 Seconds, Friday, February 20 <\/p>\n

The weekend will start off with a mild, breezy and rather wet Saturday as further rain moves northeastwards across the country.<\/p>\n

It will turn heavy at times, especially in the west and north, with temperatures between 10 and 13C.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night, rain will clear southeastwards early on, but will linger in the south and east, while the north and west stay clear and might see isolated showers.<\/p>\n

The night will remain mild, with lowest temperatures between 6 and 9C.<\/p>\n

Bright and blustery Sunday will bring scattered showers turning heavier and more persistent for a time through the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be between 9 and 12C, with occasional strong winds, before dropping to 5 and 8C on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The night will continue blustery with a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, becoming more frequent in the west and southwest.<\/p>\n

However, there are no good news for next week as it looks to continue unsettled with further spells of wet and blustery weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann have issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Sligo which has come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2540,61,60,1191,43],"class_list":["post-307719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-adrianna-wrona","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-met-eireann","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}